Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-27
REDM0ND'S MISTAKE.
THE IRISH LEADER DECLARES Boy
coTTlNG SOMETIMES NECESSARY.
And the Tories Cheer Him for Talking Out
In Meeting-Close of the Debate on Glad
stones Resolution, Which Is Ncgatived
"A Case Where Pasteur Failed-Made
Target of the Czar.


"A Case Where Pasteur Failed-Made
Target of the Gar.
LONDON, Aug. 27-Trevelyan resumed the
debate on Giadstone's motion disappearing
the proclamation of the Irish National league
in the commons Friday night He said the
late government did not ask parliament to
pass their crimes bill on hearsay evidence,
but based their demands upon parliamentary
returns showing that grave outrages had
been committed He contended that the
house should have laid before it tabulated
statistics of Irish crime. To mention one case
hero and another there was not sufficient He
henied that the general operations OF the
league increased crime. Let the house under
stand, he said, if the governments proclama-
ton is sanctioned every freshman belonging
to the league who refuses to leave it at the
command of the government will be liable to
be punished as a common criminal, and that
liability will not depend upon any judicial
proceedings worthy the name. He COM
planned that the statements of Balfour in
justification of the governments action were
only given Thursday night, thus leaving no
time in which to examine their character
of alleged facts justifying the action of the
government, and contended that the house
ought 10 have chance TO corroborate or re-
flute them before deciding.
Webster, attorney general, said the reason
there were not more convictions in Ireland
was that the league terrorized witnesses
Earl Spencer, he said, had repeatedly pro
claimed land league meetings on the ground
that its objects were to repress landlordism
and accomplish the separation of the union,
and Trevelyan had supported him. The OBJ
lects Of the existing league were perecisely the
same, and there was abundant evidence of
its evil workings. The government was told
that this was to be death struggle. Well,
either the league or the government must
fall and he had no fear of the result
Harrington, in reply to the calumnies
hurled at the league, read letters from
branches OF the organization condemning the
practices which the government declared the
league promoted The league, he declared,
repudiated every form of outrage and would
continue its work unterrifiei, in spite Of proc
lamations
William Redmond accused the Orange So
ciety of worse intimidation than was ever
ttftil W "iiith was SttthiHc
national association Under certain circum-
stances, he said, boycotting WAS iustifiable
and necessary. ICheers from the ministerial
benches I
Harrington said he did not think the speech
of Redmond would influence the house in
favor of the constitutional or legitimate
character of the league. He doubted
whether, if Treveyan's views upon the
crimes act had been known in Bridcton, he
would have got the support of the Irish cleo
| tors. laughter Trevelyan did not dwell
| on the object or the tyranny of the league
or the rum or loss it caused, nor did
he enter upon the question whether
| Salisbury and Spencer were justified in the
policy they adopted The question for pres
ent decision was whether the previous policy
| which had been so successful, should be fol
| lowed by the present government if the tyr
any of the league became more rampant and
| more organized now. As far as the action
| of an association was wholly political it could
not be condemned but if the action of an as-
| sociation destroyed the liberty of the people
and subverted order and good government,
| il did not matter what the supposed motives
| of the ASSOCIATION were. 1t was enough that
| its action was hostile to social order GCheerS |
| The house had already decided that iutirni-
| dation prevailed, preventing persons from
| pursuing their lawful occupations II was
not the duty of the government to lay be-
| fore parliament the information desired
by the opposition The crimes act
was uow part of the law. Action was
taken by the government as the executive.
1t was not necessary TO produce evidence in
| support of executive acts. He contradicted
the reports that he bad disagreed with the
| government upon the step proposed. He be
heved that the leagues aim was spoliation
and injustice and that its methods were In
defiance of the law. [Cheers1
MIR Gladstnne's resolution was negativad-
| 273 to l9+ All of the Conservative members,
including Churchill, supported the govern
ment in the division. as did also Harrington
John Bright. T. W Russell and most of the
| Unonists With the GIadstonians and Par
nellites, Chamberlain, Ceilings, Williams
unemter for Birmingham, and Buchanan
tmeut,er for Dundee all Uniunists, voted IN
the minority.